Improvement in plows



BATGHELDER & LEIBER.

' Plow-Cleaner.-

Patented Mar. 13. 1866.

NJETF-RB, PHOTO-LDHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

Uwrra STATES WILLIAM J. M. BATOHELDER, OF DAYTON, AND CELESTIN LEIBER,OF HAR- RISBURG, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,100, dated March 13,1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. M. BATCH-ELDER, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, in the State of Ohio, andUELESTIN LEI- BER, of Harrisburg, in the county and State aforesaid,have invented a new and Improved Plow-Clog, of which the following is aspecification.

The nature of our invention consists in constructing a device attachedto a plow for the purpose of removing the grass, stubble, or othermaterial which impedes the operation of plowin g.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure A represents a plow with the device attached. The plate 0 o isattached to the plowbeam, as shown, and a groove, 70, is formed in thisplate, and in which the slide (1 moves. The slide is held in this grooveby the strap a.

To the end of the slide d is attached the clogpiece a, the upper end ofwhich passes through a thimble of the slide,in which it moves"freely,and on this piece is an elongated head, which rests against the surfaceof the plate when the piece a is being withdrawn, and by which the frontedge of the piece is made to move close to the post I).

The arm f supports the lever g from a joint at the upper end, and thelower end of this lever moves within and against the staple r,

and to the lower end of this lever is attached the bar h, and to thisbar, at its opposite end,

is attached the hand-lever i, which has a fulcrum at 0 on theplow-handle.

At 9 is shown a stud, against which the piece a is made to rotate in theoperation of throwing aside'the accumulated material. The stud may bedispensed with, as the pressure is sufficient to rotate it in plowing.

In the drawing the clog-piece a is shown in its-proper position when notin use.

Operation: By, depressing the handle of the lever t the clog-piece ismoved forward, and the front part is rotated toward the side of themold-board, carrying with it the accumulated material until it isdisengaged, thus preventing the plow from becoming choked or clogged. Byelevating the lever 11: is brought 7 back to its first position. I

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The clog-piece a and slide d, constructed and operating substantiallyas described, when connected to a plow-beam, for the purpose.

specified.

2. The combination of the clog-piece a, slide (1, lever 9, bar h, andlever i, cons-tructed'and arranged substantially as described, and forthe purposes set forth.

WILLIAM J. M. BATOHELDEB. OELESTIN LEIBER.

Witnesses J. H. BAGGOTT, HENRY EIDEMILLER.

